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Truthfully, I now remember that there is a Shipboard Firefighting Simulator is at the Rock. I worked in Manhattan for most of my career and never had Shipboard Firefighting Training in the FDNY, Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Preconnected hand lines have their problems, if you stretch the whole thing you, may have too much hose to use it as a reconnect, effectively. If you use the preconnect as JUST a source for hose and only remove what is needed to reach the fire, that can work OK. Just make sure the...

The fact is that they are sending an Engine Company anytime a person says anything that seem to be a problem. FDNY Engines are responding to people passed out drunk on the street, people with minor medical problems such as a broken finger, or an under-control asthma attack. the problem is that...

The real answer is give EMS, EMTs and Paramedics More Money so they stay. Also, more money will attract more people to join FDNY EMS. What is needed is more ambulances both BLS and ALS. A fly car that can't transport patients is not the answer. The idea sending FDNY Ladder companies will not...

Now when FDNY responds to the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn the dispatcher transmits a warning about the "Gap in Between opposing lanes of many overpasses and bridges. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I will say it again the New York Port Authority should be responsible for either having their own trained Shipboard Firefighters or to Provide Training to Newark, FDNY and all the other fire department that do or may respond to ship & port fires. The FDNY firefighters in the Marine...

Under the old Telegraph Alarm System each Borough had its own or shared it's "Borough Piliminary" Manhattan and the Bronx had 6-6, Brooklyn 7-7, Richmond (later Staten Island} had 8-8, and Queens 9-9. For example, if a Third Alarm was transmitted in Brooklyn the units in all of the other NYC...

Please pray for the brave FDNY, NYPD and all the divers involved in this incident. It is not easy to deal with dead children no matter how long you have been doing emergency work. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired & Senior Peer Counselor FDNY Counseling Service Unit/WTC Health Care...

And also Burning Bread for Passover in Rockland County, Orange County, and Sullivan Counties in N.Y. Major problems have in the past resulted in serious fire and even Line of Duty Death in the case of Rockland County. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I was the Captain of Engine 26 from 1991 to 2000, and we almost never relocated to Staten Island, in all that time. I was told that due to the fact that the transit time from Midtown to Staten Island, was too great. Generally, Engine 26 never relocated due to the high value and high profile of...

It is my belief that Rescue 1 was quartered with Engine 33 and Ladder 9 on Great Jones St. which equals 3rd Street. The beautiful firehouse on Great Jones St. was at one time the Headquarters for the FDNY and the fire Alarm Central Office was located on the 2nd or 3rd floor. The longest sliding...

I worked in this firehouse, when I was detailed from my 1st assignment in Eng, 27 in the early 1970s. At that time the Spring St. Firehouse, former quarters of Eng. 30, was the FDNY Medical Office and I often worked in Satellite 1 of the old Super Pumper System stationed at Spring Street along...

The V.A. does not take care of us Vietnam Vets. very well. I have been suffering from the effects of Agent Orange since 1968 and after multiple applications and claims to the V.A. they have done nothing for me. I served in both the "Blue and Brown" water US Navy in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967 and...

I heard about this fire when I was taking Fire Science in Collage. One of the learning points was the toxicity of the carpets, wall covering and furnishings, there resulted in very toxic smoke that spread unimpeded throughout the hallway. When people left their rooms, the doors often locked...

3 hard suctions are still on FDNY 2,000 GPM pumpers. As I said when the hydrant pressure drops too low anything, but a ridged hard suction will collapse inward on itself. I have been at major fires when this has happened, especially in Getto areas, during the hot summer days when people open too...

But 35ft 5" connection will collapse if the hydrant pressure gets too low at a major fire or water emergency situation in the summer. Yes, the hard suction is harder to position and use, but it has advantages as I said when water pressure is low, or water mains are small. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY...

When I started in the FDNY in the early 1970s the "bells" were still in use. I remember sitting in the Housewatch at Engine 73, Squad 2 & Ladder 42, in the South Bronx when my unit, Engine 27 at that time, was relocated to E-73 from our usual firehouse in SOHO in lower Manhattan. The Bronx was...